Lecture 17: More Tableau

Tableau

• Last time we got some basic graphs going and got familiar with the software
• This time we’ll go a little deeper!
• First, working our way around the decoration and customization options
• Then, making some more complex graphs with Table Calculations and Shelves

Decoration

• We can adjust the presentation of most elements of the graph by double clicking on them, Excel style
• For example, axes
• From here we can adjust tick marks, scale, consistency of scale across multi-part graphs, and numerical formatting, as well as things like “include 0 on the axis or no?”

Formatting Numbers

• We can also see on the left when we click on an axis the “Scale” segment
• We can set things like percentages being .1 or 10%, or the units of the variable (like $)
• (If you’re having trouble, RIGHT-click the axis and hit Format)

Decoration

• Let’s take the example worksheet and walk through adjusting the axis
• Look at Sheet 1
• Make the y-axis tick marks percentages with one decimal place
• And make the x-axis only have ticks on days 0, 10, 20, 30.
• Also change axis titles to “Day of Month” and “Percent Cancelled

Decoration

Decoration

The Result